Modern History PYQ 528 of 636 · Modern History: Miscellaneous

Who first raised the demand for 'complete independence' in the year 1921?

  1. AMaulana Mohammad Ali
  2. BPandit Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. CMahatma Gandhi
  4. DMaulana Hasrat Mohani

56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2014

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Correct answer: (d) Maulana Hasrat Mohani

Explanation

The Congress session held at Ahmedabad in 1921 was presided over by Hakim Ajmal Khan, as C. R. Das was in jail. In this session, Maulana Hasrat Mohani first raised the demand for “Complete Independence,” but Gandhiji opposed this demand and it was rejected.

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